Gun Control Act of 1968

The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a US federal law that prohibits interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers, dealers, and importers; it also banned the sale of firearms to criminals who served over a year in prison, fugitives, people addicted to controlled substances, to people from mental institutions, to people from other countries, to illegal immigrants, to people dishonorably discharged from the military, to people who have renounced their citizenship, to stalkers, to domestic violence perpetrators, or to people suspected of harassment or intimidation. The act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 22 October 1968 as a part of his "Great Society" reforms.